The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-10

trade as barber and entered the political
field. In 1870 he was elected to congress
and was reelected in 1872, but in 1874 he
was defeated
THE bodies of Napoleon III. and the prince
imperial are to be removed from Chisel-
hurst to the new mausoleum which ex-
Empress Eugene has built at Marlborough,
England.
Mrs. w. II. Isle of Lansingburg N. Y,
jumped from Saratoga train near Fort
Edward, taking one child in her arms and
throwing another ahead of her. All were
fatally hurt.
A LARGE force of Oklahoma boomers "
have congregated on the frontier of Indian
Territory, announcing their intention of in
vadng it in a few days. The federal cavalry
will interfere.
COMMISSIONER SPARKS reports that some
200, 600 acres of land ostensibly owned by
the Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha
railway, should be taken from it on the
ground of other ownership.
The latest Burgess sloop, the "Volun-
teer," won the Goelet cup for sloops off
Newport, Mayfiower second, " Puritan "
third. The schooner yacht Sachem " wins
the Goelet cup for schooners.
THE great wheat ring which has controlled
the price of wheat in San Francisco for so
long a time collapsed Thursday Many
spectators are terribly involved and nu-
iutIOuS lhlluItS bit lODhtu lOI.
WHITELEY's drapery and general stores
| in London were damaged by fire to the ex-
tent of 81, 10000; believed to be insured. A
connecting bridge gave way and five per-
sons were killed and many injured.
The sloop Sara" overdue from San Bias
to Guaymas Mexico is believed to have
gone down, with the steamer "Valle,"
which was sent in search of her. There
were eighty persons on both vessels.
/ ;,,lr hoo .
man who attempted to burn the steamship
| Queen" is the same person who tried to
! blow up the Old Dominion line steamer
Guyandotte and to burn the Morgan line
pier.
| THERE are now reasons for believing that
the administration has made some sort of
| overtures to the British government for a
settlement of the fishery question which
meet the approval of both Englishmen and
| Canadians.
THE Chicago "boodlers " trial came to
an end Friday night The verdict of the
jury was " all guilty" Seven of the eleven
defendants got two years each, but Com
missioners Mccarthy, Oliver A. Cassellman
and Cells escaped with fine of $1,000.
THE buildings on both sides of st. Dom
| Unique in Montreal, from Napoleon to st.
Jean BaptiSte streets, on the west side of
st. Hypolite, and those in the rear Of the
east side of st. Lawrence street were burned
X.
The loss is 100000.
THE tough story comes that fires have
broken out in forty places at Woodstock,
| n. B., in the last day or two. Bedding,
lounges and window-shades and other fur
niture suddenly burst into flames, and fami-
lies living there are almost frightened to
death by the mystery.
THoMAsJ. MOONEY, who appears to be a
| crank, attempted to burn the National
| steamer t'Tbp OuaaD " Now Nprlf lN-
throwing bottle of phosphorus and other
intiammable stuff upon her deck. The
flames did no serious damage, but were very
hard to extinguish Mooney was arrested.
THE railroad committee of the New
Hampshire legislature has completed the
taking of testimony in the great railroad
fight between the Concord and Boston &
Maine companies and began hearing the
| arguments last week. 1t is expected that
the arguments will occupy ten days or so
and it will probably be September before
the legislature reaches vote upon it.
BLIND TOMS mother has won her case. A
| United States Judge decided at Baltimore
on Saturday that Tom shall be delivered on
or before August 10th into the custody of
| Mrs. Eliza Bethune, who represents Charity
Virgins, the mother of Blind Tom, and that
James w. Bethune, who has had charge of
him, shall at the same time pay over to Mrs.
Bethune the sum of $1,000 for past services
A PHENOMENAL plague of mosquitoes has
been experienced along the east shore in
the vicinity of New Haven, Branford and
Stony Creek CT, for the past few days.
Nothing like it was ever known there be-
fore. At Stony Creek the insects were so
numerous that large number of guests
were driven away from the shore hotels
AT times the air was fairly black with them
Two brothers named Mulkurn, in posses
sion of a railroad tricycle., which they had
stolen have for weeks followed the
line of iron ways in southern New Jersey
robbing stores and dwelling-houses. They
informed themselves about the time OF pass.
ing trains, and so avoided collisions. By
their system they could visit village in
the night, plumber place of a large amount
of goods, pile them upon the tricycle. and by
daylight be a score or more miles away
leaving no trace to show in which way they
had gone. Their scheme fairly puzzled the
detectives for time, but the brothers are
in Jail at last.
A CHICAGO paper, summing up the many
reports received by it of drouth, prairie
fires, ruined crops, etc, says: There is al
area of perhaps 1900 square miles in thu
Northwest where the dust lies heavily upoI
| the earth The district is bounded by Mad
, ison on the north, Bloomington on the
south, Lake Michigan on the east and tn,
Mississippi river on the west. 1t is within
|. the limits of these boundaries that vegeta
ton has lost its normal color and the eartl
its moisture Day after day the sun send
its burning rays upon the parched farm
and fields. Leaves are falling from tn
,, trees, the grass in the meadows has grow
yellow and the streams in which the cattl
used to slake their thirst are dry. 1t ha
, been nearly ten weeks since rain fell il
I this district. With not enough moisture il
the ground to feed a thistle, the condition
of corn and the tender grass in the meadow
may be imagined. In southern Wisconsi
there are thousands of acres where cor
Z | will not Yield peck to the acre.